The national recognition for David Keaton may be about his story as the first man in the nation to be exonerated from death row, but his family and friends will remember him for the good times they had before and after that ordeal.

A home in Quincy’s Scott-town community was destroyed Tuesday morning when a fire fully engulfed the house.

According to firefighters from Quincy’s fire department, the fire began around 8:30 a.m. Family members of the home’s inhabitants believe the fire began when a minor was playing with fireworks — possibly sparklers — and didn’t properly dispose of them afterward.

A Tallahassee man arrested June 23 in Midway for out-of-county warrants is now accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the Gadsden County Jail.

According to arrest reports, LaJuan Bradwell-Williams, 25, was spotted by an officer driving a car through Midway that had a registration sticker which had expired in December. When the officer ran the vehicle’s tag, it was discovered that the tag had actually expired in 2012.

The officer took Bradwell-Williams into custody after discovering he had an active warrant.

Quincy police say they caught two suspects June 22 in the middle of a home burglary.

Jivaris Gaymon, 29, and Ruane Taylor, 28, have been charged with burglary and drug offenses.

According to arrest reports, the home’s owner contacted officers after seeing bodies move around the house from the outside.

Officers arrived on the scene, knocking on the door and announcing themselves as officers in an attempt to get Gaymon and Taylor to come outside. When no one came to the door, officers made their way inside, allegedly finding Gaymon and Taylor.

Over the past four years, a mother and daughter who teach at Greensboro Elementary School say they have felt judgment and ire from neighbors, colleagues and ultimately state investigators over accusations that they assisted students in cheating on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

“It’s been like walking through hell’s fire with no shoes on,” said Annette Walker of the ordeal. “People were looking at us like we did it and got away with it.”

After 42 years of service with the Gadsden County UF/IFAS Extension, the longtime director of the extension’s initiatives has called it a day — and he ended his career in the same building he started it in.

Friends, family and colleagues gathered this past Friday evening at the Livestock Pavilion in Quincy to show their gratitude for and wish an enjoyable retirement to Dr. Henry Grant.

An investigative report published by Florida’s health department in April revealed the interim director of Gadsden County’s health department to have embellished the educational credentials on his resume.